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I feel like this is a call out to all the people saying he was deathblood. And I love it!
Agreed!
I still 60% think he is Deathblood.
And 60% of the time you’re right everytime.
Is that a Freudian slip there, Mr.? Ooh, the plot thickens hehehe.
“because, of course, we both don’t like Deathblood, right?…ot well…do you like him?”
I think Deathblood is probably just well known / renowned for being the ‘bad’ sort of vigilante…
Yeah, I can totally see regular cops in e.g. Marvel New York knowing about Spiderman, and appreciating the help, while being pretty pissed when having to clean up a Deadpool murder party.
Its why I like the scene in the Avengers between Captain America and the NYPD guys so much. The initial scepticism, then once Cap shows his competence how quickly the cops take his ideas seriously.
Exactly. Especially with something like a Deadpool murder party where now you have to treat the area like a crime scene, figure out who died to who (sure Deadpool probably did most of it, but you got to make sure no one snuck a body into that mess to try to hide an unrelated murder), contact next of kin, and all the other tasks cops have to do with a dead body times however many corpses were left at the scene. And that’s before you consider possible collateral damage – like stray bullets hitting an innocent bystanders, or the explosive… Read more »
Punisher would be more apt.
Punisher tends to go after criminals, so while methods can be questioned, who really sheds a trar to his targets. Now Deadpool is a merc and while usually collateral is low, he s still willing to take on pretty much any paying job. Unkess we talk about the Deadpool that went nuts and wiped out his entire universe before going after other universes and literature heroes. I think tha one just wanted hus existance to end.
Auto-correct is having a bad day…
I was pretending the conversation where a part doesn’t want to confess that likes or supports a thing that is mostly considered bad until be sure the other persons think alike.
No, I’m pretty sure that was the author slipping in a little “F- you” to all the people swearing that he’s Deathblood.
I think “By the way, I killed your partner till I was out of ammo” isn’t the best thing to build a relationship on.
Dont be so quick about that, who knows, some good french toast might turn Deathblood back into an well of mercy and forgiveness ?
This comment absolutely makes me want to see more of Deathblood’s home life. Is he just someone with no family who constantly takes crap from his boss? Would simply a bit of french toast or a hug or something help him have more context for the world?
Or does he have a loving family at home who are just sick of hearing Dad talk about his crazy violent theories on life?
I Can Fix Him: French Toast Edition
I rather think he’s a combination of Punisher and DP, but the worst aspects of both (except maybe the cancer).
Dang it, Tim. I was just relaxing from Ben being cool and now I gotta worry about him witnessing Lucas being forced into a situation where he has to commit a crime.
I feel pretty skeptical one can be forced to commit a crime.
Trolley problems, blackmail, deception, you name it
Mind control / possession (Superior D-Pad).
If you walk past a house and hear domestic abuse going on but the only way you can intervene is breaking and entering, that’d be a crime despite the good intentions
Just to play Devil’s advocate here. But as an unlicensed superhero, isn’t pretty much everything he does in costume count as breaking the law.
I don’t think so. They have had plenty of police interactions with no repercussions.
I think in one of the earlir stories they tpuch on the grayscake they operate at. Vigilantisim in itself is not illiegal and I think both registered and unregistered operate under same set of laws that allow for their operations. But by being registered they are a known actor and be wielded effectively and held responsible for their actions, professional vs hobbyist.
Jaywalking is still a crime. Mwa ha ha ha!
Why do I get the feeling Ben is about to label Ethan’s character as a Deathblood level psycho, based on Troll conjecture?
I think he’s safe from that accusation, seeing as Ben’s googled Lucas’ hero persona, who regularly goes around with Ethan. If he didn’t think Ethan was safe, he wouldn’t think Lucas was safe either.
It probably does mean Ben can figure out that Ethan’s a super, too. They work together (and I’m sure Lucas has talked about Ethan), and probably doesn’t take much to match physical descriptions.
I’m relatively sure that Ben is smart enough to know that Lucas would not work with a “Deathblood level psycho”.
Especially since one of Ethan’s forays into being a superhero put him on the receiving end of a Deathblood rampage trying to protect people from the psycho, although whether or not that’s common knowledge, I couldn’t say.
I am proud of him talking like that about deathblood
…unless he did it on purpose, to divert suspicion?
Would be a plot twist deluxe, if Ben is Deathblood…
*squee* One giant step closer to them flying above the city together, with “a whole new world” reference 😀
I was thinking Superman (1978), but, yeah, same type of thing.
So, that’s gotten me curious.
Do vigilantes/supers get fanfic or fanart done about them? Did Ben come across people creating dreamy steamy stuff about the mysterious spandex arrow-creating guy that saved them?
Or did he make some? Then Lucas will run into it, and things will be awkward for a while… 😉
If I know anything about fanart, and I do, in some of the fanart he creates dicks instead of arrows. And uses them.
This strip made me wonder, are there supers working in other jobs, where their powers would be suitable for helping people?
Not a superhero series, but f.ex. in Mercy Thompson books, where werewolves “came out” and humans are aware of their existence, there’s a werewolf firefighter. She doesn’t shapeshift at work, but is more capable than regular humans even when human shaped, it probably helps.
The Night Watch series, part of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, has a *very* inclusive city watch. Men, women, dwarves, trolls, werewolves, gnomes, golems, they’ve even got an Igor.
Sergeant Angua, one of the werewolves, is of immense help tracking criminals, for example. The golems are great when something catches fire or when the bad guys have crossbows. Etc.
GNU Sir Terry
I didn’t think about it at the time, mostly because I meant in the Analog and D-Pad’s verse (even though I used Mercy Thompson series as a sort of example).
It seems like Lucas is offended that Ben didn’t Google the “not-the-other me” 😀
I mean, that’d be flattering, right?
“Unless I were to witness you committing a crime”
Aaaannnnnnnddddd… there is the out. Damn, I liked him.
Why? He said that he would be required by law to do it, he didn’t say that he would like to do it, or that he would actually do it.
“Don’t overstep the law too much while I’m around” is true for any relationship with a cop.
This is going to sound incredibly out of place.
But thank you for writing a believable homosexual relationship.
I’ll admit to going ‘squeee’ a little, because they are turning into a cute couple.
Still waiting for the other shoe to drop here. This seems off in a way….
Oh shit. Ben’s totally gonna get killed in the line of duty.
Lucas has found someone who cares for him, who knows the truth about both his lives, and accepts and supports them both. So of course he’ll lose that person in the worst way possible, and end up going off the deep end.
Sure, he’s not a Deathblood-level psychopath NOW…
I hope not. That exact premise is already a major driver of Scott’s backstory (and Ethan’s, to a degree)
ok when’s the wedding?
Where do people get the idea that this guy is Deathblood? Deathblood has a physique that puts this guy to shame, and I highly doubt that someone as psychotic as he is would have a job like law enforcement. He’d never pass the psych evals.
Turning a gaming comic into pro-pig propaganda has convinced me that using adblock and starving you of money over the years has been the correct decision to make.
Oh god, it’s a wonder I managed to scrape by all this time without your $20 in ad revenue.
Hey, just stating my POV. Over the years you’ve complained a few times about freeloaders, but anyone stupid enough to be a bootlicker doesn’t deserve to survive in the world.
Edit: Yeah… That’s definitely across the line but I’m not gonna apologize. Bootlicking filth like you Tim are the problem in society.
Hey, you’re the piece of shit painting a traitor to the queer community as somehow being a good person.
Robyn, you’re in the comments section of an internet comic strip about fictional characters in a fictional city, absolutely losing your shit over some perceived slight. That is not a normal way to go about interacting with the world around you. I also cannot fathom what you think you’re accomplishing by attacking complete strangers in this manner. Because I apparently don’t share your incredibly extreme (and statistically improbable) opinion that every person working a certain type of job is automatically subhuman, you have both called me a piece of shit and suggested that I shouldn’t be allowed to survive. And… Read more »
“Traitor to the community”.. WoW! Right, because we’re a monolith, and ANY one that doesn’t toe the line 100% is the devil/H!tler/etc. People like you are EXACTLY (part of) the reason many people have LEFT the Left. I can just bet that other terms like ‘Uncle Tom’ are scattered all throughout your regular vocabulary. Get a life… O_o
Hoooooooly shit.
Seek help.
You’re that guy that has 911 programmed into your speed dial, don’t lie.
Why would I ever, under any circumstances, ever call subhuman filth to help me? I don’t want to end up dead, and those things only make situations worse in my experience.
Something tells me you’re also heavily anti-2A. Unironically.
What’s anti-2A?
As unhinged as he sounds, he’s the reason his neighbors have 911 on speed dial XD
Only Sith deal in absolutes. There is always an exception to sentences containing “always”.
BTW, for some sites I’m sorry about the ads being blocked, but imagine a guy (m/f/d) comes to you (m/f/d) and you say no, but they keep coming back and insisting, their stinky breath being in your face. That’s ads.
I really am enjoying this plotline a ton. It’s been very sweet, the dialogue is nice, and the expression work is great.
God I love this. It’s so nice to see hopeful and friendly stuff.
Meanwhile Deathblood is sitting alone in his home thinking “man… I wish someone would make me french toast.”
‘I mean what are the odds there are two of us. Right?’
…Gotcha!
Is Deathblood even a Super? Or is he just a Punisher-adjacent regular nutbar-with-guns?
He is still alive, despite (probably) going against unfavorable odds repeatedly (a single guy against criminal gangs etc.), so I think he might have some powers helping his survival (since he uses weapons for killing, he probably doesn’t have any offensive powers).
That, or he is really good at what he does (and what he does isn’t very nice).